Actually, Canada, I just like riffing on “French Kissing in the USA” whenever possible, because it’s a goofy little song.
It’s been awhile since I’ve done any real brainstorming, but I love lists, I have a brain and it’s often stormy in these parts, so I have all the ingredients in place.
The goal here is to plant a few (dozen) seeds and see if any of them grow into big beautiful stories or writing exercises while I ponder other projects.
Here we go.
- a story based on the song “Eat to the Beat”
- what if they really are lizard people?
- three wishes/Invisible Weekend redux: getting to try out as a shapeshifter or some kind of shapeshifter story
- worst superpower ever
- a talking duck (walks into a bar?)
- when the line between waking and dreams blurs completely–how risky do you become in your actions?
- a monster that feeds on hope and optimism (no, not Trump)
- angry trees
- the world is suddenly depopulated by 99.6% (30.4 million people–about 7 million less than the population of Canada)
- getting stuck in the past
- a bar walks into a man
- a haunted playground
- a Stage 4 cancer patient acquires a time machine–can traveling to the future lead to a cure?
- seeing a person on the train, but only as a reflection in the window
The next task: pick one of these and turn it into a lovingly handcrafted tale of thrills and adventure that tugs at the heartstrings (which sounds pretty unhealthy when you think about it).
